Automatic poultry-disinfector.



J. L. RILEY & M. S. BYRD.

AUTOMATIC POULTRY DISINPEGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED rmm s, 1912.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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J. L. RILEY & M. S. BYRD.

AUTOMATIC POULTRY DISINFEGTOR. APPLICATION FILED FIE-18.13, 1912.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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JAMES L. feILnY'aNn MERRITT s. was, or Xenia, ILLINOIS.

AUTOMATIC PGULTRY-DISINFECTOR.

Application filed February 13, 1912.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES L. RILEY and Mnnnirr S. Brno, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Xenia, in the county of Clay and State oflllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in AutomaticPoultry-Disinfectors, of which the following is a specification.

'1 he invention embodies, among other features, an apparatus in whichthe feed is gravitationally fed to a feeding table, a new supply of foodbeing suoplied to the table as the food on the table is removedtherefrom, the said device being provided with means operable by thepoultry when the same remove food from the feeding table, for sprinklinga germicidal substance onto the backs of the poultry.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying draw'ags constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the poultryfeeding device. Fig. 2 a plan view showing the cover in open position.Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2, thecover being shown in closed position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionalview ta {en on the line 44 in Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the views, use is made of a base 10having standards 11 secured to the corners thereof, the said standardsbeing preferably l -shaped in cross section to form guides for a casing12 slidably mounted on the standards 11, a plurality of the saidstandards being provided with longitudinally extending slots 13 throughwhich are slidably extended threaded bolts 14, secured to the casing 12,thumb nuts 15 being threadedly mounted on the bolts 14 and adapted toengage the standards 11 when tightened up on the bolts to secure thecasing 12 rigid relatively to the standard 11 and base 10, the casing 12being movable vertically relatively to the standards 11, when the thumbnuts 15 are partially unscrewed from the threaded ends of the bolts 14,thus permitting of adjusting the casing 12 to any desired heightrelatively to the base 10. A cover 16 is hingedly mounted on the casing12 to close the upper end thereof, the said cover being provided with ahandle 17 and a staple 18 movable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented @ct. 14, 1913.

Serial No. 677,293.

into a staple 19 secured to a side of the casing 12, the said staple 19being adapted to receive a lock or other fastening member 20 for lockingthe cover 16 to the casing 12.

Formed in the sides of the casing 12 are circular openings 21,suiiiciently large to permit of poultry passing therethrough and intothe casing 12, disinfectant means 22, comprising cloth saturated withkerosene or other germicidal oil, being secured to the walls of theopenings 21 so that when the poultry pass through the openings the oilin the cloth, by the pressure exerted by the poultry against the clothwhen passing through the opening germicide will be conveyed to thepoultry for the purpose of exterminating any lice or germs that thepoultry may be infected with.

Secured to the inner sides of the casing 12 are chutes 23 extendingoutwardly through the sides of the casing immediately above the openings21 and mounted in the chutes 23 are containers 24, secured to lateralmembers 25 of depending actuating rods 26, said members 25 beingjournaled in the chutes 23 and said containers 24 being provided withperforated bottoms 27 constituting sieves, the lower ends of theactuating rods 26 being mounted to depend across the openings 21adjacent the inner ends thereof. The containers 24 are filled with agermi cidal powder and when a chicken passes through one of the openings21, to enter the casing 12, the chicken will swing the actu ating rod 26to one side, thus swinging the container 24 to cause the germicidalpowder to sift through the perforated bottom of the container and passdownwardly in the chute 23 from which the powder will sprinkle onto theback of the chicken and destroy any germs or verminthat the chicken maybe infected with.

Mounted to depend within the casing 12 is a funnel-shaped hopper 28,terminating at the lower end in a tubular neck 29 having slidablymounted thereon a nozzle 30, arranged immediately above a feeding table81, mounted on the base 10, within the easing 12. As shown in Fig. 2 theupper end of the hopper 28 is preferably of a square shape, the corners32 of the hopper being secured to the corners of the casing 12 on theinner sides thereof with intermediate portions of the hopper cut away toprovide spaces 33 above the chutes 23 so that by simply raising thecover 16, the disinfectant powder can be easily poured into thecontainers 24, mounted within the chutes 23,

in the use of the device described, the cover 16 is first swung intoopen position and the disinfectant powder is then poured into thecontainers 2% as mentioned, after which a supply of food is placed inthe hop per 28. It will be readily seen that the food in the hopper willgravitationally flow onto the feeding table 31 and by adjusting thenozzle 30 relatively to the feeding table, the initial supply of food tothe feeding table can be readily determined. The cover 16 is then closedand the device is ready for use. As the chicken passes through one ofthe oaenings 21 to obtain food from the feeding table, the head of thechicken brushing against the oil soaked cloth, constituting thedisinfectant means 22, will receive a portion of the oil, said oil beingprovided to exterminate any vermin on the head of the chicken. [is thehead of the chicken passes through the opening 21 same will engage thelower end of the actuating rod 26 and move the same toward one side,thus operating the container 2% to cause the germicidal powder thereinto be sifted through the container and thence pass downwardly throughthe lower end of the chute 23 and onto the back of the chicken toexterminate any vermin thereon. It is obvious that the chicken would notpass entirely into the casing 12, but would stand on the casing 12 witha portion of the body extending rear wardly through the opening 21 andas the chickens head bobs back and forth in the search for food on thefeeding table, the head will engage the actuating rod 26, thus impartinga slight swinging action to the rod so that a continuous supply of thegermicidal powder will be sprayed upon the back of the chicken by theaction of the head or body of the chicken in search and removing foodfrom the feeding table 31. It will be readily understood that as thefood is removed from the feeding table, a new supply will flow onto theeeding table from the hopper 28 so that the amount of food upon thefeeding table will at all times be the same, the initial amount of foodthat flows onto the feeding table being controlled by the nozzle 30slidable upon theneck 29 and adjustable relatively to the feeding table31.

As mentioned heretofore the casing 12 can be vertically adjustedrelatively to the base 10 and the standards 11 and for the purpose ofpreventing moisture from entering the casing, the edges of the cover 16extend beyond the sides of the casing and suitable shields 3e aresecured to the outer sides of the casing immediately over the outer endsof the chutes 23, thus retaining the food in the casing intact and alsopreventing rain from washing the germicidal powder from the back of thechicken as the powder is fed onto the chicken by the swinging action ofthe containers 24 operated by the chicken through the medium of theactuating rod 26.

o claim 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with acasing provided with a series of entrances, of chutes supported withinsaid casing and to the opposed walls thereof and projecting outwardlytherefrom, over the entrances thereto, and vertically disposedcontainers mounted to swing within each of said chutes, actuating rodshaving connection with said container for swinging the same anddepending within said casing adjacent the said entrances.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a series ofentrances, chutes supported within the casing and eX- tending exteriorlythereof over the said entrances, vertically disposed containers movablymounted within the said chutes and adapted to contain a germicidalpowder, sieves on the said containers for sifting the powder therefromwhen the said containers are actuated, and vertically disposed actuating rods having connection with said containers and depending in rear ofand adjacent the said entrances and disposed exteriorly of said chutes.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES L. RILEY. MERRITT S. BYRD.

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